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Votes at a glance: Hitchcock City Council actions, Jan. 9, 2025
Summary
The council approved multiple administrative and capital items including an election order, county election contract, joint election agreement with the school district, a drainage contract, two public‑safety grant application resolutions, two sewer task orders, and appointments to the parks and recreation advisory board.
At its Jan. 9 meeting the Hitchcock City Council approved a series of routine and capital items. Key votes are summarized below; all recorded votes were approved by voice vote with no opposition noted in the transcript.
- Consent agenda: Approved as presented (motion carried). - Order calling general election for Saturday, May 3, 2025, to elect a mayor and council members for Districts 1 and 2: Approved; city staff (Debbie, city secretary) presented the order. - Contract with Galveston County Election Administration to host the May 2025 general election and authorization for the city secretary to sign: Approved. - Joint election agreement with Hitchcock Independent School District allowing joint/combined election administration: Approved. - Resolution authorizing the police department to apply for a public safety grant to cover up to 75% of the body‑camera lease (annual lease $16,281; 75% = $12,210): Approved. - Resolution authorizing application for Project Safe Neighborhoods funding to cover FY26 ALPR fees and nine camera installations ($32,005.50): Approved. - Acceptance of a proposal from Texas Drainage for the FY2025 street drainage project in the amount of $196,394: Approved. - Task Order No. 1: City of Hitchcock Phase 1 sanitary sewer main rehabilitation/replacement project not to exceed $1,340,620: Approved. - Task Order No. 2: Phase 3 sanitary sewer evaluation survey (SSES) not to exceed $326,815: Approved. - Appointment of members to the parks and recreation advisory board as submitted in the packet: Approved.
Several items had brief staff presentations or clarifying discussion before the votes. Where amounts or details were stated in the meeting, they are included above; if specific roll‑call tallies were not read into the record, the transcript records only "all in favor" and "motion carries."
